Best Graffiti Artists Melbourne 2025: Style, Story and Works

In Melbourne, the art of graffiti takes over every corner of the city and the streets are a monument for the creative ingenuity of the artists, who will transform the grey walls in explosions of colours and emotions. Graffiti in Melbourne doesn’t just beautify the environment, it tells storeys about local identity and culture. No wonder why Melbourne is in the top 3 with best graffitis in the world!

In this article, we will introduce you to the top 5 best graffiti artists in Melbourne for 2025. In addition to changing the look of their city, these artists have participated in a larger conversation about art and where it belongs in public spaces.

GraffitiGoneNow has a mission to preserve this rich artistic heritage while keeping our urban spaces beautiful and clean. Come along on this journey to meet the innovators redefining graffiti in Melbourne.

Why We Chose These Graffiti Artists?

These artists don’t only paint walls, they breathe life into the city, their works have become part of Melbourne’s cultural identity and its streets a vibrant illustration of the storeys, emotions and diversity that make up its community.

These creators are characterised by innovation. Using bold techniques, unique styles and even unconventional materials, they have rewritten the book on what urban art means. They are at the forefront of contemporary graffiti because of their ability to break moulds and invent new ways for expression.

Their work has impact beyond Melbourne: They are enjoyed by people in the city but equally by people outside the city, helping to make the city a global hub of urban art.

Top 5 Graffiti Artists in Melbourne 2025

1. Dridali

Instagram: @ Dridali

Dridali is a muralist and tattoo artist from Valencia, Spain. Born in 1995, Dridali began his art career in 2017 and quickly joined the urban art scene. His work are hyperrealistic portraits that, with the spirit they reflect, transform walls into spaces for reflection.

Signature Style

Dridali’s style is a combination of emotion and reality. His each mural is more than just a representation he wants to connect with the viewer through deep expressions and minute details. 

Notable Works

One of his stand out pieces is ‘The Bird Watcher’ a mural in which he worked in with other artists and displays his style in a collective manner. This piece is not all his work, but it does show his singular approach. This mural not only contributes to the beautification of the urban landscape but also helps passersby, to think about how nature surrounds and integrates itself into urban life. You can see this work here.

2. Heesco

Instagram: @heesco

Khosnaran Khurelbaatar, better known as Heesco, is a well known artist famous for his large scale murals and silo art. Born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, he moved to Australia in 1999 and became a highly regarded part of Melbourne’s art scene. His work is done in several mediums, including fine art, illustration and graphic design.

Signature Style

You can recognise Heesco’s style. His murals, on a large scale, are combinations of realism and surreal touches which tell profound storeys in pictures. His colour palette is vibrant, and his compositions are dynamic, in all of which he arrests the eye, and provokes thought on topics ranging from cultural identity to social history.

Notable Works

His ‘Miss Citizen of the World‘ is one of his most recognisable pieces, a mural on the Victoria University campus in Footscray. In addition to showing the beauty of traditional Mongolian dress, this artwork conveys the connexion between modern culture and ancestral culture. His contribution to street art earned Heesco the Footscray Art Prize for his mural. 

Heesco is also involved in social causes, as president of Lantuun Dohio Australia which aims at protecting children and preventing human trafficking. His love for art and activism makes him an inspiring man, whether inside or outside the walls of Melbourne.

3. Matt Adnate

Instagram: @adnate

An artist born in Melbourne, Australia, Matt Adnate’s work transcends urban art to become a potent channel of cultural connexion. Adnate is a muralist with a unique style that blends hyperrealism with deep respect for the storeys and traditions of the marginalised communities, who has come from his early days as a teenager in the graffiti scene.

Signature Style

His work is known for what he calls his monumental portraits that appear to come alive on walls Adnate gets his inspiration from the chiaroscuro techniques of the Italian Renaissance, to create his pieces and then uses dramatic contrast of light and shadow to accentuate the humanity of his subjects.

Notable Works

Amongst his most iconic creations is the mural in Sheep Hills, as part of the Silo Art Trail in Victoria. Featuring local Indigenous community, this piece shows figures that exude pride and connexion to their land.

His mural ‘The Rejuvenation Project’ in Melbourne is an artistic and cultural landmark of Australia’s First Nations people, painted in striking portraits of Indigenous children. His work doesn’t just decorate urban spaces, it encourages people to ponder the necessity of keeping and honouring ancestral cultures.

4. Regan Tamanui (HA-HA)

Instagram: @regantamanui

One of Australia’s most prolific street artists is Regan Tamanui, artistically known as Ha Ha. An Auckland born artist, he has been making a name for himself around his homeland and in Australia for his striking stencils and unique urban art approach. Since the start of his art career, Tamanui has made works that can range from multi layered stickers to walls that are completely covered in murals, which incorporate Australian and Anglophone pop culture.

Signature Style

For Tamanui, his style is defined by his use of analogue methods in a world of digitalization. He refuses to use computers, and gets all of his images straight from newspapers, enabling him to discover the power of mass media and popular culture today.

Notable Works

Most recognisable of Tamanui’s work is his series of murals in Melbourne including Stevenson Lane, Tattersalls Lane, and ACDC Lane. In addition to beautifying the urban landscape, these works invite reflection on Australia’s history, cultural identity and our acceptance of influential work from abroad as a way to inform Australian arts practice. His art has transformed from a hobby to a respected international expression with permanent exhibiting in galleries all over the country. To explore more about his work, cheque out his Instagram profile here.

5. KAFF-EINE

Melbourne based graffiti artist and muralist Kaff-eine is best known for her emotive and narrative style of urban art. From her beginnings she has used her talent to work with social and community issues and is now an important part of the city’s artistic scene.

Signature Style

Her style is a mash up of dream and reality, creating murals that make you think. She uses vibrant colours, fluid shapes to express deep emotions, so that her works are understood on both local and global levels.

Notable Works

Her most famous work is a mural called The Connexion in Fitzroy. Not only does this art beautify the urban space, it calls on the viewer to consider the connexion and interdependence of people and environment. You can view this piece here.

The Role of GraffitiGoneNow in Melbourne’s Graffiti

Here at GraffitiGoneNow we are an essential part of Melbourne’s graffiti ecosystem, operating to find a happy medium in the urban cleaning process, whilst preserving art. Our main contributions include:

• Restoration of Public Spaces: We concentrate on removing unwanted tags, cleaning up affected areas and restoring clean and pleasant spaces to the community.
• Preservation of Artistic Murals: In the spaces surrounding recognised works of art, we meticulously clean the walls, preserving the integrity of important art and allowing it to continue to enrich the urban landscape.
• Collaboration with Communities: We find ways to work hand-in-hand with residents and with local artists to keep that balance between artistry and urban order, that helps create a sense of belonging and shared responsibility.
• Recognition of Influential Artists: We recognise the significance of artists creating for the cultural fabric of the city, but are also firm believers in removing offensive graffiti that may take away from the overall aesthetic of the city.

At Graffiti Gone Now, we not only clean walls; we are committed to keeping the creative essence of Melbourne alive by promoting an environment where urban art can thrive in harmony with the community.